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Old 11-18-2019, 4:06pm   #8
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Originally Posted by aerovette View Post
Use a pattern. It helps.

Example: account@last 4 digits of phone if a special character is required.

phonebill@1234

Example: account last 4 digits of phone number if no special character is required

phonebill1234

phone@1234
insurance@1234
power@1234
water1234
gas1234

If they make you change it occasionally, flip it
1234@phone
1234@insurance
No. Just no. Oh dear God no.

Sorry, this is terrible advise on passwords. Sorry Aerovette.

My advice is to use a password organizer program. I use KeePass2 which works great for me but may not the be ideal program for everyone. There are a ton of them out there. It can generate pretty much impossible-to-break passwords with ease, or your can use whatever ones you like and it will grade you on how good they are. I have it set up so it synchronizes with several devices/computers so if I need to add one on my Linux laptop, it is in the same database as on my Windows computer or iPad/iPhone.

Other than that, keeping a notebook of passwords and having it well organized and a good hiding place is OK I guess but will get you destroyed if anyone gets their hands on it.
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